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Dutch Jews and the White Slave Trade – Veterans Today | Military Foreign Affairs Policy Journal for Clandestine Services


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In the British West Indies much of the early capital to finance White slavery came from Sephardic Jews from Holland. They provided credit, machinery and shipping facilities. In the 1630s Dutch Jews had been deeply involved in the enslavement of the Irish, financing their transport to slave plantations in the tropics. By the 1660s, this combination of Jewish finance and White slave labor made the British island colony of Barbados the richest in the empire. The island’s value, in terms of trade and capital exceeded that of all other British colonies combined. (John Oldmixon, The British Empire in America, vol. 2, p. 186.) ....

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10 of Benjamin Franklin's Lesser-Known Feats of Awesomeness


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Some of Benjamin Franklin’s accomplishments his kite experiment, establishing the first American subscription library, and signing the Declaration of Independence are pretty iconic. Here are 10 of Franklin’s lesser-known contributions to society that are worth celebrating as well.
1. Benjamin Franklin was an excellent swimmer.
As a youngster, Franklin learned to swim in Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River and became somewhat of an expert. On a Thames River boating trip with friends, a 19-year-old Franklin jumped into the river and swam from Chelsea to Blackfriars (around 3.5 miles), performing all sorts of water tricks along the way or, as he described it, “…many feats of activity, both upon and under the water, that surprised and pleased those to whom they were novelties.” Franklin’s Phelpsian feats earned him an honorary induction into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1968. ....

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